The question
As a child, what career or life did you imagine for yourself?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
This is a standing question in The Guardian's decades-long The Q&A and also recurs independently in career and life interviews.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
A soldier and adventure guy.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 January 2026 source ↗
Donny Osmond’s wife. Still do.
I did want to be an actor from an early age although I briefly dabbled with the idea of being a vet until I realised you had to stick your hand up a cow’s arse.
Successful like my two uncles, who were paper industry magnates.
A pearl diver in Japan.
Caring too much about what others think.
It’s all a gift. So be grateful for every day.
I love and admire Julia Roberts, one of our Running Wild guests, for the way she has a few close friends, is loyal to her family, doesn’t believe in all the fame stuff and can laugh at herself.
Watching the movie Everest.
Light of the Almighty in my heart.
My failures have taught me more than the successes, so not much.
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